LASING AT 7.9 NM IN NICKEL-LIKE NEODYMIUM

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作者
NILSEN, J
MORENO, JC
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[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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10.1364/OL.20.001386
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Using a series of 150-ps pulses from the Nova laser to illuminate neodymium slab targets, we observe a 38-ps-duration lasing pulse at 7.906 nm in nickellike neodymium on the J = 0 --> 1, 4d --> 4p transition. To overcome the low gain in this system, we used a traveling-wave geometry in conjunction with two slab targets that were coupled lengthwise to increase the effective length and whose surfaces were curved to compensate partially for refraction effects.
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